To eradicate "cultural alienation", Rajasthan has decided to
introduce a new syllabus for Classes 1 to 12 in government schools for
the next academic session, with a greater focus on lives of country's
'Mahapurush' and history of the state.
According to a report in
Press Trust of India (PTI), Minister of State for Education, Vasudev
Devnanai said, ''The state government has planned to introduce a new
school syllabus which would include stories of various 'Mahapurush'
(great leaders), moral science, country's latest scientific development,
ethos and history of Rajasthan.'' He further added that a high-level
State Institute of Educational Research and Training (SIERT) is going to
change the syllabus for Classes 1 to 8 and another committee set by
Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) for syllabus reforms will
make the amendments for Classes 9 to 12. The students must learn about
'Mahapurush' like Maharana Pratap and take lessons from their lives, the
Minister said. He added that the committee would stress that for
Classes 1 to 5, there should be 75 per cent chapters from Rajasthan and
25 per cent chapters from national importance.